lol. If Pittsburgh lost Crosby as a UFA, it'd be an atrocity of the highest proportions over there. How can you lose the guy who's had the most to do with turning your bottom dwelling team into a perennial contender, who also happens to be the captain of your team, the face of the franchise and by far and away, the biggest fan favorite on the team. That's not just a player lost, it's fans lost, it's merchandise that doesn't sell. It could never happen and if it did, I'll eat my hat.

That being said, they also got a lot of other really good picks besides him from being that bad and wouldn't collapse as a team without him as this and last season has shown.